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trek

noun
/tɹɛk/

Etymology

From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-West Germanic *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).

  1. derived from *dreg-✻ — “to drag, scrape”
  2. derived from *trekaną✻
  3. derived from *trekan✻
  4. derived from *trekkan✻
  5. derived from trekken
  6. derived from trekken
  7. borrowed from trek

Definitions

  1. A journey by ox wagon.

  2. The Boer migration of 1835–1837.

  3. A slow or difficult journey.

    • We're planning a trek up Kilimanjaro.
    • Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A long walk.

      • I would drive to the shops from here; you can walk, but it's quite a trek.

    2. To make a slow or arduous journey.

      • Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.

    3. To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.

    4. To travel by ox wagon.

    5. To travel by walking.

    6. Abbreviation of Star Trek.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA